President Donald Trump, alongside, from left, Deputy Chief of Employees Stephen Miller, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Dan Caine, speaks to the press following U.S. army actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Seashore, Florida, Jan. 3, 2025.
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The Trump administration has spoken to a number of oil corporations about Venezuela, a White Home official informed CNBC on Monday.
President Donald Trump stated Saturday that U.S. oil corporations would make investments billions of {dollars} to rebuild Venezuela’s vitality sector after the seize of President Nicolás Maduro.
The White Home official didn’t say which corporations the administration has spoken to or when the conversations occurred.
“All of our oil corporations are prepared and keen to make large investments in Venezuela that can rebuild their oil infrastructure, which was destroyed by the illegitimate Maduro regime,” White Home spokeswoman Taylor Rogers stated.
Reuters reported earlier that Chevron, Conoco and Exxon haven’t spoken to the administration about Maduro’s overthrow.
Power Secretary Chris Wright is scheduled attend an vitality convention hosted by Goldman Sachs in Miami this week. Executives from Chevron and ConocoPhillips are additionally anticipated to attend.
Chevron is the solely U.S. oil main working in Venezuela. CNBC has reached out to Chevron, Conoco and Exxon for remark.
